up........grading.

[The Saint]

Hi guys...........


it seems it is upgrade season with the spring rolling in.....so I'm looking for suggestions on upgrading my rig below...........

SlI is still not worth it...........right?

 

[Stellar]

Is SLI worth it? Well that depends on how extreme you are and how much money you want to blow.

My upgrade recommendations for you:

Athlon 64 3200+
DFI nForce4 Lanparty Ultra-D
ATI X800XL
Samsung 160Gb SATA

 

[The Saint]

Thanks Stellar........

well...I like your suggestions, that is what I had in mind, although I think I will have to buy some RAM too, since mine is only PC3000........

 

[DamienThorn]

If I were you, I'd save up some cash and get an A64 3500+ or better. If you're planning on OCing, then you'll want to get either an NF3 board (if you want to run on an AGP card) or a NF4 (if you want to run PCI-E). Better RAM is a must; if you're planning on OCing, then I'd get some high end OCZ stuff, though otherwise some decent dual channel RAM should work.

 

[The Saint]

I really dont know if I'll be overclocking or not...I have never done it and I have read that there are some pretty hardcore settings in the bios of the NF4 motherboards....

I will be overclocking the video card though, and I hope I will find a HIS X800XL around....

 

[Stellar]

I really dont know if I'll be overclocking or not...I have never done it and I have read that there are some pretty hardcore settings in the bios of the NF4 motherboards....

I will be overclocking the video card though, and I hope I will find a HIS X800XL around....

If overclocking is not your thing and you don't want to be overwhelmed with BIOS options, then I would strongly suggest the Asus A8V-E Deluxe over my previous recommendation for the DFI NF4 board. It is based on the VIA 890 chipset and is a very stable board with all the features of NF4 (PCI Express, SATA II).

 

[Mojo]

If I had your rig, I'd wait until the dual core AMD chips come out to upgrade. Your machine is still able to run any game decently.